On August 18, over 150 members of the DeKalb area community and NIU campus came together at Faranda’s for a luncheon to welcome new campus...
Last year was a banner year for NIU’s Civic Leadership Academy, and planning is in the works now for 2026-27. We spoke with Paula Freeze,...
SuperBetter Classroom, a collaboration between NIU and SuperBetter, works to improve teacher and student wellbeing In 2023, the Centers for Disease Control reported that 40% of...
At the Illinois Parks and Recreation Association Soaring to New Heights 2026 Conference, a session on strategic planning drew strong interest from park district professionals...
Three NIU Faculty Publish Case Study of Community Engagement and Promotion and Tenure Policies We’re thrilled to celebrate three of NIU’s community-engaged faculty who...
Part one: an interview with Assistant Professor Alexios Rosario-Moore, Ph.D. Community engagement is central to NIU’s mission as a regional public university. An NIU faculty...
January 28 is Global Community Engagement Day – a day when people across the globe celebrate community efforts to work together to make the world...
What does community engagement look like? For NIU Professor of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment Pi-Sui Hsu, it means partnering with middle school teachers in...
What does community engagement look like? For NIU Philosophy Professor Mylan Engel, the community is the classroom. His students learn philosophy by doing. They plant,...
What does community engagement look like? For NIU Professor of Biology Barrie Bode, it means using the knowledge gained from laboratory research to fight cancer...